Russia Stories


The Fortress and the Ballet

On Saturday we set off on the Metro to go under the river Neva and visit the Peter and Paul Fortress. As we came out of the station it was still dark at 10:10 am and snowing hard, so it was quite exciting to search for the fortress. It was eerie crossing the bridge of the moat and find the dark entrance. The Fortress was one of the first buildings in ...


From Russia With Love

a With Love! From Russia With Love! St Petersburg is quite the most astonishing place! We arrived on Wednesday evening. As we drove into the city we saw that it had been snowing. In the parks all the trees were illuminated with soft purple and green and strung with ice blue lights. Huge Christmas trees were all lit up, (decorations here don’t co...


Goodbye Russia

When you travel through so many time zones, you often lose track of what time it actually is. You're exhausted and it feels like you're living in a dream. That's mostly the case right now and I simply try to enjoy every moment as much as I can. It was time to leave Russia though. From Irkutsk I had my last train on the Russian rail, the 002 M Rossiya wh...


The most incredible lake

Russia is complicated and beautiful at the same time. It has so much diversity and you will never be bored here. Different cultures make it so interesting and when you think you've seen everything you'll simply be amazed by the nature here. When I reached Irkutsk I didn't really know what to expect as usual. I didn't really have much rest since I hadn't...